ICM Forum's Favorite Dark Comedies Complete List

A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard"s inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen"s bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Ordinary word processor Paul Hackett experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit Marcy, a Soho resident that he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor"s ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.

Rupert is an aspiring stand-up comedian, who is willing to go the extra mile in his attempt to appear in the late night show hosted by his idol.

A distant poor relative of the Duke D"Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it"s going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.

Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.

A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.